Naval Parade To Commemorate The Gallipoli Wars

On 24 April 2015, to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Çanakkale Wars, a naval parade was held under the command of Turkish Navy Northern Task Group Commander Rear Admiral Ali Murat Dede.

The formation led by Turkish frigate TCG Salihreis was made up from the following ships from 5 different nations:

Position

Number

Name

Country

Type

1

F-246

TCG Salihreis

Turkey

Frigate

2

150

HMAS Anzac

Australia

Frigate

3

F-241

TCG Turgutreis

Turkey

Frigate

4

D-614

FS Cassard

France

Destroyer

5

F-242

TCG Fatih

Turkey

Frigate

6

F-77

HMNZS Te Kaha

New Zealand

Frigate

7

F-240

TCG Yavuz

Turkey

Frigate

8

L-15

HMS Bulwark

Great Britain

Assault Ship

9

F-511

TCG Heybeliada

Turkey

Corvette

10

SG-702

TCSG Güven

Turkey

OPV

11

SG-703

TCSG Umut

Turkey

OPV

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli Land Wars, 4 different ceremonies were held. The first ceremony was organised by Turkish Republic at the Turkish War Memorial on 24 April 2015. On the same day following these Turkish ceremony one ceremony at the British War Cemetery and one in French Cemetery are held simultaneously by their respective nations.

The last and, one of the major commemoration ceremonies was the Dawn Service at the Anzac Cove on 25 April 2015. More than ten thousand Australians and New Zealanders attended this special event.

The naval parade was organized for the commemorations at Turkish War Memorial and for the Anzac Dawn Service. The following photos are from the first event.

The parade of the warships was followed by an impressive show of Turkish Stars the aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force. Click here for the photos.